Arts, Health and Well-Being: A Critical Perspective on Research, Policy and Practice

This important book develops a critical understanding of the bridging of  arts and health domains, drawing on models and perspectives from social  sciences to develop the case for arts and health as a social movement.  This interdisciplinary perspective offers a new research agenda that can  help to inform future developments and sustainability in arts, health  and well-being.

Daykin begins with an overview of the current  evidence base and a review of current challenges for research, policy  and practice. Later chapters explore the international field of health  and the arts; arts, with well-being as a social movement; and boundary  work and the role of boundary objects in the field. The book also  includes sections summarising research findings and evidence in arts and  health research and examples from specific research projects conducted  by the author, chosen to highlight particularly widespread challenges  across many arts, health and well-being contexts.

Arts, Health  and Well-Being: A Critical Perspective on Research, Policy and Practice  is valuable reading for students in sociology, psychology, social work,  nursing, psychiatry, creative and performing arts, public health and  policymakers and practitioners in these fields.